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. >> today educators got training on how to deal with an intruder with a gun. about 450 people took part with security experts and police. it is called run, hide, descent. teachers watched a video that portrays a gunman. people who attended say they're glad to have a plan for an event they hope will never happen. >>> the wildfire in and around owe similar is tee has now burned through nearly 200,000 acres -- yosimite has now burned nearly 200,000 acres. more than 4800 firefighters are battling the wildfire. they say the estimated containment date is now september 30th. >>> along the north bay coast leads to a the arrest of 13 people in os oakland. how many years it took fish and wild life investigators to take down this large scale operation. >> say ten inch, that's definitely a prized -- >> a prized but not where it should be. this is not the coast, but east observation land and this is the arrest of an alleged poacher in his pajamas. >> it is the size of this one here, it could go 200 because of the age and size. 13 people were arrested in a poaching sweep ca
. >> today educators got training on how to deal with an intruder with a gun. about 450 people took part with security experts and police. it is called run, hide, descent. teachers watched a video that portrays a gunman. people who attended say they're glad to have a plan for an event they hope will never happen. >>> the wildfire in and around owe similar is tee has now burned through nearly 200,000 acres -- yosimite has now burned nearly 200,000 acres. more than 4800...
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"access to capital is a huge reason but so is education." the nation's 44 and a half million blacks comprise 14.2% of the population but 8.9% of college graduates. and 8.2% of corporate managers. "with the decline in manufacturing that paid a livable wage, if you don't have an education, things have gotten worse." casey says research shows the gap between haves and have nots within the black community has widened. while black entrepreneurs' prime source of collateral for business loans-- their homes have lost value. "home values, used as collateral, have dropped and without that, they can't borrow money." "african-americans net worth is tied to their home, whereas whites are more diversified." despite peaks and valleys in economic cycles since the 1960's--the gaps are basically the same. one notable gain---- instead of 42% of blacks living in poverty 50-years ago, it's now 28%. for whites--a little less than ten-percent. on the heels of the anniversary of dr. king's speech on equality.. merrill lynch is agreeing to pay to settle a lawsuit wi
"access to capital is a huge reason but so is education." the nation's 44 and a half million blacks comprise 14.2% of the population but 8.9% of college graduates. and 8.2% of corporate managers. "with the decline in manufacturing that paid a livable wage, if you don't have an education, things have gotten worse." casey says research shows the gap between haves and have nots within the black community has widened. while black entrepreneurs' prime source of collateral for...
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he'll be talking about "shaking up" the way students pay for college and offering ideas to make higher education more affordable for the middle class. experts on higher eduction question "how" he could reshape financial aid for college without the cooperation of congress. americans are stashing away record amounts of cash for college. parents put away an average of 5 thousand dollars in 20-12, up 58% from 2007. however, many say they are still far from their long term savings goal, as college costs continue to rise. last year, tuition at public universities rose 4.8%, to an average of more than 8 thousand dollars.to combat with costs, many parents are pushing for students to take online courses, or live at home instead of on campus. mark zuckerberg is looking to give the gift of internet to the entire planet. the head of facebook posted on his own facebook page this week, that he is teaming with corporate america to expand internet access to the world. currently 2.7 billion people are online.--- whiile it's a large crowd, its only one third of the world's population. the nfl is said to be shoppi
he'll be talking about "shaking up" the way students pay for college and offering ideas to make higher education more affordable for the middle class. experts on higher eduction question "how" he could reshape financial aid for college without the cooperation of congress. americans are stashing away record amounts of cash for college. parents put away an average of 5 thousand dollars in 20-12, up 58% from 2007. however, many say they are still far from their long term...
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told the state university of new york at buffalo that higher education should not be a luxury. has trip allied over the past 30 years. would include ranks for student debt. it does not require congressional approval. >>> saving city college of san francisco. political motivations were behind to revoke accredit edition next year. the based made the move and retaliation for city college support of an open access. the commission wants to eliminate remedial classes in favor of a degree focused system. the commission had no comments so far. >>> thank you for making your source for news. our coverage continues with tonight's news. stick around, t m z is next. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game ove
told the state university of new york at buffalo that higher education should not be a luxury. has trip allied over the past 30 years. would include ranks for student debt. it does not require congressional approval. >>> saving city college of san francisco. political motivations were behind to revoke accredit edition next year. the based made the move and retaliation for city college support of an open access. the commission wants to eliminate remedial classes in favor of a degree...
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department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. here's a novel idea. if a million small businesses in america hired just 1 additional employee - the country would be a full employment. far-fetched? the association for enterprise opportunity is trying to make that happen with the smallest of small businesses - those with 5 or fewer workers - microbusinesses they're called. connie evans is president and ceo of the association. they're small but they're a powerful part of the business landscape. the association for enterprise opportunity, you're trying to create a business environment that would encourage microbusinesses to hire 1 more. here's a novel idea. if a million small businesses in america hired just 1 additional employee - the country would be a full employment. far-fetched? the associatio
department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. here's a novel idea. if a million small businesses in america hired just 1 additional employee - the country would be a full employment. far-fetched? the association for enterprise...
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department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. hit a landmine when i came here, i couldn't move. [male announce david was broadsided on the highway. they weren't very hopeful that he would survive at all. [male announce their traumatic brain injuries have yet to heal. the way i describe it is you're just afraid. am i going to start forgetting things? [male announce tbi is as serious as any battlefield injury. thankfully va has made important advancements in tbi so if you think you or a veteran you know has sustained a brain injury, get screened. james rameli of keeneonthemarket.com is here to talk about microsoft and more. hello to you james. > >hello to you. > >microsoft had a major move on friday. will that continue into today's trading session? > >i think that this move could continue. there
department of education has over $100 billion. and that's a lot of money. to help students pay for college. and the free application? you mean the fafsa. i did it online. it was easy. i'm never giving up on my goals. i will make a difference. i'm going to find out how to pay for college. i'm going to college.gov. hit a landmine when i came here, i couldn't move. [male announce david was broadsided on the highway. they weren't very hopeful that he would survive at all. [male announce their...
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. >> we're going to do a great amount of education both for bicyclists, pedestrians and for car and truck drivers. >> reporter: bay area bike share hopes to expand to 1,000 bicycles in 100 stations within the next six months. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a police investigation has determined a big rig driver was at fault in a crash that killed a cyclist in san francisco. san francisco police chief greg surh says the case is being turned over to the district attorney who could file charges against that driver. the cyclist 24-year-old amali lumulac was killed on sixth and 14th street on august 14th on her way to work. a police sergeant initially blamed the cyclist. and bike advocates accused police of a superficial investigation. chief greg suhr apologized today and said surveillance footage uncovered by the bicycle coalition was key to this investigation. >>> san jose unveiled an ambitious plan that is already stirring up controversy. mayor chuck reed announced a plan to expand the police force by more than 200 officers. it would fill vacancies and restore wages by at least 10%. the
. >> we're going to do a great amount of education both for bicyclists, pedestrians and for car and truck drivers. >> reporter: bay area bike share hopes to expand to 1,000 bicycles in 100 stations within the next six months. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a police investigation has determined a big rig driver was at fault in a crash that killed a cyclist in san francisco. san francisco police chief greg surh says the case is being turned over to the district attorney...
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that guarantees free access to public education. patti lee. >> the mount diablo school district is ready to hire a new superintendent. nellie myer has been chosen in san diego to lead the district. the contra costa times reports that nellie fell -- that myer will get a salary -- >>> we have a special back to school section on our website ktvu.com. there you will find tips for back to school shopping. we've also school pictures ofour ktvu reporters and anchors you need to check out. >> and they're very cute. >> they are. >>> it weighs less than 1/3 of a pound and it's less than a stick of butter. it's the national zoo's newest little resident. what state officials are waiting to find out about this ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack â™
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you mentioned education. do you cut out courses or promotional videotapes for people to get a better understanding for ways to have a healthy diet and therefore a healthy lifestyle? >> the major thing for the education is teach the people that cancer is a preventable disease and that we focus on the family. so we educate the mother first. in the beginning, we are training 4000 mothers. and then we found the children play a major role in the family. we asked the mother to prepare more vegetables and fruit -- for the parents, especially the father -- and we asked for the mother, especially the father, and we started program in the elementary school. also, we are training the new dietitians in the school. and the training of the teacher and we set up all the teaching materials. so we have brochures and some activity training. so the dietitian plays a very important position in the school. there is intervention activity in cooperation with the university in the agriculture. because they have landed the oath of it
you mentioned education. do you cut out courses or promotional videotapes for people to get a better understanding for ways to have a healthy diet and therefore a healthy lifestyle? >> the major thing for the education is teach the people that cancer is a preventable disease and that we focus on the family. so we educate the mother first. in the beginning, we are training 4000 mothers. and then we found the children play a major role in the family. we asked the mother to prepare more...
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and that is the soaring cost of higher education. everybody knows you need a college education. on the other hand, college has never been more expensive. over the past three decades, the average tuition at a public four year college has gone up by more than 250%. 250%. now, a typical family's income has only gone up 16%. think about that. tuition's gone up 250%, income gone up 16%. that's a big gap. now, it's true that a lot of universities have tried to provide financial aid and work study programs and so not every student, in fact, most students are probably not paying the sticker price of tuition. we understand that. but what we also understand is that if it's going up 250 and your incomes are only going up 16, at some point, families are having to make up some of the difference. or students are having to make up some of the difference with debt. and meanwhile, over the past few years, states have been cutting back on their higher education budgets. new york's done better than a lot of states. but the fact is, we've been spending more money on prisons, less money on college.
and that is the soaring cost of higher education. everybody knows you need a college education. on the other hand, college has never been more expensive. over the past three decades, the average tuition at a public four year college has gone up by more than 250%. 250%. now, a typical family's income has only gone up 16%. think about that. tuition's gone up 250%, income gone up 16%. that's a big gap. now, it's true that a lot of universities have tried to provide financial aid and work study...
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what a tragedy for higher education. for subparula education. thank you. coming up in about 45 minutes, the randolph institute hosts a panel discussion concerning this 50th anniversary of the march on washington. naacprs include a former activist. along with julian bond, the cofounder of the student nonviolent were knitting committee, and the reverend jesse jackson. but first, president obama from earlier today on education policy. this is about 40 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> hello, buffalo! hello, bulls! well, it is good to be back in buffalo, good to be back in the north. i want to begin by making sure we all thank silvana for the wonderful introduction. give her a big round of applause. her mom and dad are here somewhere. where are they? i know they're pretty proud. there they are right there. give mom and dad a big round of applause. a number of other people i want to acknowledge here -- first of all, our secretary of education, arne duncan, who's doing a g
what a tragedy for higher education. for subparula education. thank you. coming up in about 45 minutes, the randolph institute hosts a panel discussion concerning this 50th anniversary of the march on washington. naacprs include a former activist. along with julian bond, the cofounder of the student nonviolent were knitting committee, and the reverend jesse jackson. but first, president obama from earlier today on education policy. this is about 40 minutes. [captions copyright national cable...
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so most education colleges admit that almost anyone who is interested in studying education, and we end up educating twice as many teachers as we need as a result. >> why don't we care about it? we talk about it, we care about it, there are a lot of opinions about education reform. but you say something in the book that's so interesting that wealth has replaced -- we don't need rig or in education because we have wealth. we've always been a wealthy country. and that's starting to change, and the patterns of wealth are starting to change, and it makes education that much more important. >> historically, we haven't been able to produce millions of students who can think critically in math, reading and science. we didn't need to do that. but now we're getting to a place where those skills are becoming more valuable than gold, and we really do know now that those international test scores you cited, there is nearly a 1 to 1 match between long term gdp growth and increases in those scores. >> really interesting book, "the smartest kids in the world." amanda ripley is the author. it's so nice
so most education colleges admit that almost anyone who is interested in studying education, and we end up educating twice as many teachers as we need as a result. >> why don't we care about it? we talk about it, we care about it, there are a lot of opinions about education reform. but you say something in the book that's so interesting that wealth has replaced -- we don't need rig or in education because we have wealth. we've always been a wealthy country. and that's starting to change,...
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but i'll check with the department of education. and i'll make sure my team gets your e-mail so that you get a personal answer from the secretary. all right? okay. all right. i've got one last question. i want to make sure it's a student. are you a student? >> maybe. >> maybe doesn't count. if he said maybe -- >> i am. >> you are? okay. this young man right here. i just wanted to make sure. he might have been a young-looking professor. >> mr. president, i'm danny, a student here. my question is you spoke upon increasing financial aid for college students. however, i feel that with the competitive job market, a bachelor's would not be enough to secure a job. my question is will any of these funds go towards grad school programs or strictly limited to undergraduation education? >> first of all, a good undergraduate education means you are much more employable and you're much more likely to get a job. each additional chunk of education that you get, if done well, if you're getting good value, is going to enhance your marketability. we
but i'll check with the department of education. and i'll make sure my team gets your e-mail so that you get a personal answer from the secretary. all right? okay. all right. i've got one last question. i want to make sure it's a student. are you a student? >> maybe. >> maybe doesn't count. if he said maybe -- >> i am. >> you are? okay. this young man right here. i just wanted to make sure. he might have been a young-looking professor. >> mr. president, i'm danny,...
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education of accreditation. it's called chia. >> thank you. >> and i can send more formal information on that as well. the commissioners of the accrediting commission are faculty members from other institutions. there are 19 commissioners. there are some that represents -- there are three members that represent public interests. there are administrators, some other member institutions, and then people representing other educational entities. they go through a nomination process and it's the chief executive officer, the chancellors and presidents who elect the commissioners. and, again, it's a peer review process. the commission is basically servicing all of its member institutions in this peer review process. evaluation teams are also composed of faculty members, administrators, even trustees of other institutions when they come to evaluate an institution. i need to make clear also the accreditation standards need to be met at all times. so, it's not like you go through a review process, check mark, great job, a
education of accreditation. it's called chia. >> thank you. >> and i can send more formal information on that as well. the commissioners of the accrediting commission are faculty members from other institutions. there are 19 commissioners. there are some that represents -- there are three members that represent public interests. there are administrators, some other member institutions, and then people representing other educational entities. they go through a nomination process and...
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education generally. not enough colleges have been able to cut back on their costs, so what happens -- what happens if costs are going up, incomes are flat, and the state actually reduces its support for higher education? well, what you end up with is students had to pick up the tab. families had to pick up the tab. and taxpayers have to pick up the tab in the form of more and more financial assistance. and that's what's happened. the average student who borrows for college now graduates owing more than $26,000. but a lot of folks will owe a lot more than that. i get letters from people who have $100,000 worth of debt. i've got -- young people have got $120,000 worth of debt. and they may be working as teachers. they may be doing really important work. they may be working as researchers. but they can't pay off that kind of debt. so what's ending up happening is students end up facing a choice that they should never have to make. either they say no to college which means that they're going to be paying the
education generally. not enough colleges have been able to cut back on their costs, so what happens -- what happens if costs are going up, incomes are flat, and the state actually reduces its support for higher education? well, what you end up with is students had to pick up the tab. families had to pick up the tab. and taxpayers have to pick up the tab in the form of more and more financial assistance. and that's what's happened. the average student who borrows for college now graduates owing...
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if everyone has to go on to post-secondary education secondary education is free. it for forces students to pay for that post-secondary education. when we do and we create an enormous pool of defaulters who are not existing students who then we lose contact with because we haven't put the resources in the skip tracing and location finding we can't help those defaulterdefaulter s with the tools that are available. we need a student loan program that is different in the context of a financially but graham where no one should he allowed to borrow until they have demonstrated preparation and capacity to process. it is far cheaper for us to make the enhanced grants to those most vulnerable cohorts than it is for us to make loans and then pretend we collect on those loans and put those loans into income-based repayment or income retention repayment or any of the other hosts of variations. the reality is it's cheaper for us to make a grand than it is to make an income contingent loan is forgiven sometime in the future. we need to protect those walbrook cohorts. schools ne
if everyone has to go on to post-secondary education secondary education is free. it for forces students to pay for that post-secondary education. when we do and we create an enormous pool of defaulters who are not existing students who then we lose contact with because we haven't put the resources in the skip tracing and location finding we can't help those defaulterdefaulter s with the tools that are available. we need a student loan program that is different in the context of a financially...
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if everyone has to go on to post-secondary education secondary education is free. it for forces students to pay for that post-secondary education. when we do and we create an enormous pool of defaulters who are not existing students who then we lose contact with because we haven't put the resources in the skip tracing and location finding we can't help those defaulterdefaulter s with the tools that are available. we need a student loan program that is different in the context of a financially but graham where no one should he allowed to borrow until they have demonstrated preparation and capacity to process. it is far cheaper for us to make the enhanced grants to those most vulnerable cohorts than it is for us to make loans and then pretend we collect on those loans and put those loans into income-based repayment or income retention repayment or any of the other hosts of variations. the reality is it's cheaper for us to make a grand than it is to make an income contingent loan is forgiven sometime in the future. we need to protect those walbrook cohorts. schools ne
if everyone has to go on to post-secondary education secondary education is free. it for forces students to pay for that post-secondary education. when we do and we create an enormous pool of defaulters who are not existing students who then we lose contact with because we haven't put the resources in the skip tracing and location finding we can't help those defaulterdefaulter s with the tools that are available. we need a student loan program that is different in the context of a financially...
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one, the board of education here by accepts the envision education incorporated voluntary closure of metropolitan arts & technology charter school. two, in light of the charter school's voluntary closure of its charter and its cessation of operations, the charter is here by terminated effective august 1st, 2013. three, the board of education directs the superintendent to inform the california department of education of this board action on or before august 23rd, 2013. and 4, the board of education directs the superintendent to ensure the charter school's governing board abide by all provisions as outlined in education code sections 47 605 and 47 6 07. relating to the closure and wind up of the charter school's affairs. >> thank you, mr. davis. ~ i have no public speakers signed up for this item. are there any comments from the board or superintendent? any comments from the board or superintendent? no, all right. roll call, please [speaker not understood]. >> i do have a question. so, the students that were at metro and presumably thought they were going back at the beginning thev sch
one, the board of education here by accepts the envision education incorporated voluntary closure of metropolitan arts & technology charter school. two, in light of the charter school's voluntary closure of its charter and its cessation of operations, the charter is here by terminated effective august 1st, 2013. three, the board of education directs the superintendent to inform the california department of education of this board action on or before august 23rd, 2013. and 4, the board of...
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first off, asean is -- this is why we do public education. this is why we want to make sure that kids have the opportunities to reach for the stars. to not only speak in front of a mall and this kind of confidence, but to then take thatack and do something with that. and so asean's probably going to be the next president of the united states. asean can do anything. -- and i'm going to run your campaign, if you let me. but the point is that that is why teachers do what they do. that's why we go into education to make a difference in the lives of children and so, when we see a 9-year-old child who can actually speak in front of a mall when most of us who are triple or quadruple his age would be nervous as all getout, that's what public education is. >> here's what i take from this whole thing. is that kids see the difference. they see the inequities. a 9-year-old sees his school not getting what others get. the heartless decision to close a number of schools in chicago in income-challenged neighborhoods. why is that? the message i find very pro
first off, asean is -- this is why we do public education. this is why we want to make sure that kids have the opportunities to reach for the stars. to not only speak in front of a mall and this kind of confidence, but to then take thatack and do something with that. and so asean's probably going to be the next president of the united states. asean can do anything. -- and i'm going to run your campaign, if you let me. but the point is that that is why teachers do what they do. that's why we go...
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>> i think for years in public education, the educators and leadership have been pitted against each other so perhaps we will ignore that those people attacking public education come from outside of our own organizations. we have been told, don't trust the district, they're only in it for prestige or teachers can't be trusted because they're only in it to save their necks. we have trust we're all in it for the same reason, and basic as that sounds, it's -- there's not the climate in california and the nation for that to be possible. you can look at wisconsin, for the evidence of that sort of thing. >> very quickly, last 30 seconds, do you see this if it happens and does well here, do you see this as a model moving across california and across the u.s. as well? >> absolutely. one of the things jen was saying, you talked about the leap of faith, when wean started this process, the management and the teachers association both got together in the room and looked at what are the core beliefs that we believe in going forward to make this happen for kids. it really is around making sure tha
>> i think for years in public education, the educators and leadership have been pitted against each other so perhaps we will ignore that those people attacking public education come from outside of our own organizations. we have been told, don't trust the district, they're only in it for prestige or teachers can't be trusted because they're only in it to save their necks. we have trust we're all in it for the same reason, and basic as that sounds, it's -- there's not the climate in...
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eastern promoting his lands to make higher education more affordable. later in the day in pennsylvania, the president will be joined by scranton native, vice president joe biden, at lackawanna college before 5:00 p.m. at 7:00 eastern, the road to the --te house 26 team coverage 2016 coverage will feature ted cruz at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. tonight on the encore presentation of " first ladies," >> when she came to the white house, she was interested to see how it worked and she found it was dilapidated and dirty and sort of ominous and she tried to spruce it up. she went through the cabinets and found old pieces of china and then asked service if they could tell her if anybody remembers how old pieces. . she started the idea of trying to catalog and create a sense of what the chinas were. she had a plan of putting the splay cases in the state dining room but that never came to fruition. theis credited with being initiator of the concept of a china presentation the white house. >> the encore presentation of " fir
eastern promoting his lands to make higher education more affordable. later in the day in pennsylvania, the president will be joined by scranton native, vice president joe biden, at lackawanna college before 5:00 p.m. at 7:00 eastern, the road to the --te house 26 team coverage 2016 coverage will feature ted cruz at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. tonight on the encore presentation of " first ladies," >> when she came to the white house, she...
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it only provides affordable education, but high-quality education, that we have the best teachers, the best programs, and without city college we have no future, our students would have no fewerth. ~ future. and we are asking for your help to support this school, supporting the [speaker not understood] life. thank you. >> thank you very much. (applause) >> our next speaker is our sheriff, sheriff mirkarimi. if you're in the room, i did not see you. i apologize. i think you may have been in here. i would have called you sooner. >> thank you. supervisors, it's a pleasure to be before you. ross mirkarimi, city and county of san francisco. city college and the san francisco sheriff's department and our jails deserve a robust relationship. and i was stunned that in last december we reached out to city college in partnering on a $500,000 grant that city college had declined to participate with us on. it squandered the $500,000 opportunity. and the reason why that we reached out, and we're going to continue to assert that this relationship really be memorialized and implemented is that we hav
it only provides affordable education, but high-quality education, that we have the best teachers, the best programs, and without city college we have no future, our students would have no fewerth. ~ future. and we are asking for your help to support this school, supporting the [speaker not understood] life. thank you. >> thank you very much. (applause) >> our next speaker is our sheriff, sheriff mirkarimi. if you're in the room, i did not see you. i apologize. i think you may have...
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joe barbachi "i serve as a educational dosant and educator in the program. i want to relate several of my recent experiences in the garden. yesterday morning i gave an educational walk for 10 of our summer enterprise high school and college interns and their mentor. they're working with one of gardeners using a staff design plan to install the first mediterranean basin program. we discuss the importance of plants. we talked about the difficult problem of global warming. it's my firm conclusion that the fee has maintained the botanical garden and i am concerned that the lack of the understanding of the importance of the collection and our educational role in the crucial relationship in plants and people. i want to urge you to support the new lease and management agreement and the continuance of the fee thank you". >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is joseph mack. i am a botanical garden society volunteer. i'm speaking as an individual. i want to briefly go into my personal archive. i found a photo of me in a bunch of head start kids visiting the j
joe barbachi "i serve as a educational dosant and educator in the program. i want to relate several of my recent experiences in the garden. yesterday morning i gave an educational walk for 10 of our summer enterprise high school and college interns and their mentor. they're working with one of gardeners using a staff design plan to install the first mediterranean basin program. we discuss the importance of plants. we talked about the difficult problem of global warming. it's my firm...
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you know, a lot of folks go into our early childhood education classes. they come out, you know, we have a deficit of actual child care slots and you can't go to work if you don't have affordable child care. we help in terms of comping out more a supply of child care workers so they can lower the cost of child care. i have a 2-1/2 year old. it's another rent to pay for child care these days. but we try to resolve that. we actually try to resolve that by having more child care slots available. so, i think if you just look at it, yes, everybody knows city college is, you know, important, but these are the things that let us secure -- we wanted to prioritize classes. and maybe we could have made some better decisions. i think so, yes, but really our decisions were made so we can provide access to everybody. and then my last point before i leave is i know that there was a comment about the real estate department. i do really appreciate the mayor's office being involved with this process, but i do think that one service we might not need in terms of prioritiza
you know, a lot of folks go into our early childhood education classes. they come out, you know, we have a deficit of actual child care slots and you can't go to work if you don't have affordable child care. we help in terms of comping out more a supply of child care workers so they can lower the cost of child care. i have a 2-1/2 year old. it's another rent to pay for child care these days. but we try to resolve that. we actually try to resolve that by having more child care slots available....
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there are a lot of opinions about education, education reform. but you say something in the book that's so interesting. wealth -- we don't need rigor in this country. we have wealth. we have always been a rich country and that's starting to change. and the patterns of wealth is changing and makes education that much more important. >> i think that's right. historically, we haven't needed to produce millions of students who can think critically in math, reading and science. we didn't need to do that. but now we are getting a place where those skills are becoming more valuable than gold and we really do know now that the international test scores you cited, there's nearly a 1 to 1 match for long term gdp growth and increases in those scores. >> really interesting book. the smartest kids in the book, so nice to meet you. i think it's really well done and so glad you tackled and i love the kids who were your super spies in there to help you navigate through it. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> big spenders actually might be a big turnoff. that's
there are a lot of opinions about education, education reform. but you say something in the book that's so interesting. wealth -- we don't need rigor in this country. we have wealth. we have always been a rich country and that's starting to change. and the patterns of wealth is changing and makes education that much more important. >> i think that's right. historically, we haven't needed to produce millions of students who can think critically in math, reading and science. we didn't need...
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education standards. milton friedman, his birthday is , waswednesday by the way the father of the school choice movement. this was the idea that educational opportunity, giving parents the ability to move their students out of confined areas would allow competition and opportunity. we have seen this in the form of vouchers, tax credits and education savings accounts. the biggest threat that has now hit us, the national standards, is now a washington leviathan pushing the idea that spending more money will equal more educational outcomes. we have not seen any of this since 1970. the $4.3 billion of federal incentives in no child left behind waivers are not that threat of school choice is also at stake. act standards being conformed to the common core standards. will be a price tag over the next 15 years -- over the next seven years. what does the common core contain? math standards that are poorly sequenced. dardssh standers -- stan that are in lieu of informational texts only. joyce or centralized educati
education standards. milton friedman, his birthday is , waswednesday by the way the father of the school choice movement. this was the idea that educational opportunity, giving parents the ability to move their students out of confined areas would allow competition and opportunity. we have seen this in the form of vouchers, tax credits and education savings accounts. the biggest threat that has now hit us, the national standards, is now a washington leviathan pushing the idea that spending more...
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therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district here by urges all members of the board of supervisors as well as the mayor, to support and pass the due process for all ordinance introduced by supervisors avalos, breed, campos, chiu, cohen kim and mar and yee in 2013. >> thank you very much. >> are there any public speakers on this item? >> okay. seeing none, actually i should know because i should have cards. >> any comments from the board? >> seeing none, roll call. >> ly? >> yes. logan. >> yes. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoza, dr. murase. >> aye. >> wynns. >> aye. >> norton. >> aye. >> six ayes. >> president norton, may we add the board of education members that the other colleagues will be see fit to do so. >> thank you. >> all right. the next item >> item f, public comment, i have one card, dennis kelley you may have two minutes. >> thank you very much. there are three things this evening that i would like to call your attention to, first is on page 171, 171 is, a agreement to hire black bear securi
therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district here by urges all members of the board of supervisors as well as the mayor, to support and pass the due process for all ordinance introduced by supervisors avalos, breed, campos, chiu, cohen kim and mar and yee in 2013. >> thank you very much. >> are there any public speakers on this item? >> okay. seeing none, actually i should know because i should have cards. >> any...
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it was a really successful -- a successful education program. we saw the signs on muni bus station, you saw them on tv. and what actually happened as one outcome of that is anecdotally, people told us that they started to drink more water once they understood where it comes from. but also as people had water quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. so, we had a 10% increase in water quality concerns and that again became another vehicle to talk to people about where their water came from to test to make sure the water was safe and assure them that, you know, in fact it was safe to drink. we also do tours of our water system. so, community residents and organization has an opportunity to go up to hetch hetchy to see the water system at work. supervisor cohen has been a big supporter of the youth internship program we do in the summer for around the sewer system. so, actually right now we have a number of young people from the bayview hunters point who participated this
it was a really successful -- a successful education program. we saw the signs on muni bus station, you saw them on tv. and what actually happened as one outcome of that is anecdotally, people told us that they started to drink more water once they understood where it comes from. but also as people had water quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. so, we had a 10% increase in water quality concerns and that again...
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. >> whereas the board of education of the san francisco unified school district recognizes the keeping families together including immigrant families helps to insure equal opportunity and success for all students, a recent study entitled shattered families highlighted the educational impact on children who are at risk of losing a parent to deportation and whereas the san francisco commitment to welcoming the immigrant families to our city has been under mind by the program known as secure communities known as scom which unfairly imposes the priorities on to the city and county and the biometric information of everyone arrested is transmitted to immigration and customs enforcement triggering a request to hold certain people in jail for extra time for deportation. these requests limit immigration retainers are based on the probable cause that a person is deportable. and indeed, they have been issued against u.s. citizens and whereas immigration is completely voluntary as clarified by the attorney general, and member ran um issued on december 4, 2012, indeed, other have declined to hold t
. >> whereas the board of education of the san francisco unified school district recognizes the keeping families together including immigrant families helps to insure equal opportunity and success for all students, a recent study entitled shattered families highlighted the educational impact on children who are at risk of losing a parent to deportation and whereas the san francisco commitment to welcoming the immigrant families to our city has been under mind by the program known as...
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so the ability to marry education with your work is very important. and being able to cap that debt is important. but one of the issues i have with president obama's proposal is perhaps not enough attention to that older student because acceleration and those kinds of issues when the president has talked about, presume that you can go to college full time. and that's great for a guy like steve who is one of my students who just got back from four tours in iraq, has put everything on hold to start college. but it's not so good for another student of mine, desiree who has a kid who has her mother out, who works full time. acceleration doesn't mean much for her. unfortunately, i don't see enough in this new set of proposals that would really help the adult student who is also working. >> suarez: fair criticism, anya, when you listened to the president talk today, it seemed like he was talking about the kid who can go full time for four years, finish all at once, and then start the rest of their lives? >> well, i think we all have a tendency i think, hist
so the ability to marry education with your work is very important. and being able to cap that debt is important. but one of the issues i have with president obama's proposal is perhaps not enough attention to that older student because acceleration and those kinds of issues when the president has talked about, presume that you can go to college full time. and that's great for a guy like steve who is one of my students who just got back from four tours in iraq, has put everything on hold to...
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the board of education by a vote of 7 ayes approved the contract for two principals. the board of education by a vote of 5 ayes and two nays, maufas and wynns approved a contract for one chief of human resources. the board of education by a vote of 7 ayes approved the contracts of nine central office staff as follows. three supervisors, four program administrators and two directors. now i'm going to read out the results of the august 13th, 2013 closed session. public employment, the board by a vote of 7 ayes approved the contract for one program administrator and one assistant principal. in the matter of sb and sfusd, the board by a vote of 7 ayes by the authority of the district to pay up to the stipulated amount. in the matter of zow and sfusd the board by a vote of 7 ayes gave the board to pay up to the stipulated amountment in the matt of of mpn and sfusd the board by vote of 7 ayes gave the board ability to pay up to the stipulated amount. in the matter of the insurance company, the board by a vote of 7 ayes gives the authority of the district to pay up to the st
the board of education by a vote of 7 ayes approved the contract for two principals. the board of education by a vote of 5 ayes and two nays, maufas and wynns approved a contract for one chief of human resources. the board of education by a vote of 7 ayes approved the contracts of nine central office staff as follows. three supervisors, four program administrators and two directors. now i'm going to read out the results of the august 13th, 2013 closed session. public employment, the board by a...
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in the form of head start and bilingual education programs. in april of 1968 the nation's response to the assassination of dr. king, pres. johnson again, moved a drag your feet congress with the fair housing act on his desk to sign it into law that was against federal law for the first time to deny buying renting or lending opportunities on the basis of race, religion, national origin or color. we stand before you and you will take your steps forward in a better place than our mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, because of the courage and tenacity displayed on august 28 displayed on august 28, 1963. but the reverence for the past must not equate with passivity today. or in the future. our journey continues. dr. king had a dream on that august day. today many immigrant students have another dream to remain and be reunited safely and legally with their parents here in this country could to contribute to our future in the same way the friends they've grown up and are able to do. the downturn in the economy in 2008 stripped away bi
in the form of head start and bilingual education programs. in april of 1968 the nation's response to the assassination of dr. king, pres. johnson again, moved a drag your feet congress with the fair housing act on his desk to sign it into law that was against federal law for the first time to deny buying renting or lending opportunities on the basis of race, religion, national origin or color. we stand before you and you will take your steps forward in a better place than our mothers and...
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i value my education. it was one of the best decisions i made but it's scary right now working towards retirement funds, having children, and really investing in my future. >> natalia, take that out to the national level. if americans are having trouble paying off their debt, how does that hamper innovation or americans' availability to take risks and try new things if they're caught up in loans? >> first and foremost the mental affect. i have so many friends in sticky loan situations. some have gone so far as defaulting. it's that thought that stays in their head all the time. and it makes them not think clearly. they have to take jobs that they might not want to take because they need to make a salary versus interning or taking position where is they can move up in their career. i think we're seeing students or graduates not feeling the freedom they could feel if they didn't have this large burden of debt. >> neil, square this for us. you want to get ahead in life. you want to go to the best schools and
i value my education. it was one of the best decisions i made but it's scary right now working towards retirement funds, having children, and really investing in my future. >> natalia, take that out to the national level. if americans are having trouble paying off their debt, how does that hamper innovation or americans' availability to take risks and try new things if they're caught up in loans? >> first and foremost the mental affect. i have so many friends in sticky loan...
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caller: colleges should be for education. it is not business. it is education. it is to broaden your horizons. college is not about getting a job. if you want to get a job, go get it. in the job market. if you want to broaden your eyes, go to college. as soon as we make college about jobs, that is when education comes in, that is when so many people, a for-profit college went out of business. >> are you currently in college? caller: i am a teacher in new haven. >> thank you for calling. our student line. tom is from riverside, california. where do you go to school? caller: community college in riverside. one of the things i noticed, getting into classes and with tuition going up, every year here in california, it is too much. i am starting to hit that reality, should i continue and should i not? it is a high price to pay, especially with the sacrifice that i could be working or going to school. college is to make more money in the long run. with all the prices going up, it is too difficult to pick. >> what is your goal? what kind of degree? caller: i want to go
caller: colleges should be for education. it is not business. it is education. it is to broaden your horizons. college is not about getting a job. if you want to get a job, go get it. in the job market. if you want to broaden your eyes, go to college. as soon as we make college about jobs, that is when education comes in, that is when so many people, a for-profit college went out of business. >> are you currently in college? caller: i am a teacher in new haven. >> thank you for...
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views higher education. host: five percent saying it's a good value, dirty percent saying it is poor. -- 15% say it is poor. guest: it is a growing dissatisfaction with the american public with the value that colleges are providing. if you ask should your young adult go to college, again, overwhelmingly it is understood that college is important and valuable. they want their child to go. however, when it comes to paying much, and why it costs so there is growing dissatisfaction. how do you define value when it comes to education? i am particularly focusing on the labor market. i viewed in terms of saying, suppose you stop your education in high school versus if you do go on. we could be talking about an associates degree. we could be talking about it or your degree. college is not one thing. if you do go on, how much more are you going to make? and how's this going to pay off over a 30 year worklife? at a the typicalme worker, who stops at a high school education, makes about $30,000 per year. alternatively
views higher education. host: five percent saying it's a good value, dirty percent saying it is poor. -- 15% say it is poor. guest: it is a growing dissatisfaction with the american public with the value that colleges are providing. if you ask should your young adult go to college, again, overwhelmingly it is understood that college is important and valuable. they want their child to go. however, when it comes to paying much, and why it costs so there is growing dissatisfaction. how do you...
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once upon a time, america arguably had the best public education system in the world. that's not the case. well place first place finland and last place south korea. so how do we reform our schools? joining us to discuss this from washington, d.c. is amanda ripley, author of the book the smartest kids in the world and how they got that way. amanda thank you for joings us. >> thanks for having me. >> they pretty much faced a pretty serious shock when they got there why are those systems so different than ours? >> you know finland is considered the utopia of education now where kids are getting an outstanding results in math science, where koreans work night and day, these are two different places and somehow they have gotten to the top of the world in education. >> south korea is different, because when you think of the difference between the u.s. and theirs, 60 years ago most south koreans were illiterate. the country now has a 93% high school graduation rate which is much better than the 77% we have here in the u.s. what changes were made there that were so dramatic,
once upon a time, america arguably had the best public education system in the world. that's not the case. well place first place finland and last place south korea. so how do we reform our schools? joining us to discuss this from washington, d.c. is amanda ripley, author of the book the smartest kids in the world and how they got that way. amanda thank you for joings us. >> thanks for having me. >> they pretty much faced a pretty serious shock when they got there why are those...
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education. some of the news coming out of this event says that the president is going to propose a new system for rating colleges. there is a reaction coming in negatively from academia. the speech will happen at 11:00 -buffalo.ime at suny it will be on our companion network c-span 2. education will be the topic of today's town hall meeting peter and we will look at the status of primary education. that is at 7:30 p.m. eastern tonight. here is a brief look at our .rogramming >> 237 years after our finding -- after our founding, we have a fork in the road. we have educational freedom in the form of school choice. on the other side, we have the greatest push from washington in common core stations -- standards. milton friedman was the father of the school choice movement. the school choice movement was under the idea that educational opportunity, giving parents the ability to move their children out of the zip code confined areas would allow competition and allow greater opportunity. we have seen
education. some of the news coming out of this event says that the president is going to propose a new system for rating colleges. there is a reaction coming in negatively from academia. the speech will happen at 11:00 -buffalo.ime at suny it will be on our companion network c-span 2. education will be the topic of today's town hall meeting peter and we will look at the status of primary education. that is at 7:30 p.m. eastern tonight. here is a brief look at our .rogramming >> 237 years...
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education. 90% are minorities. we talk about equal opportunity in america, we are not providing it unless we provide every child the chance to get a great education it is ridiculous for the department of justice to listen to the government unions and teacher unions. this is all politics. it's all ideology. it's not about these kids. >> bill: all right. but i understand that holder believes the attorney general believes that by giving vouchers you throw off racially balance. holder is saying to enforce my civil rights mandated i have to stop governor jindal from giving the vouchers to the poor kids so they get out of public schools how do you reply to that. >> how backwards is that parents' wealth should have a great chance to g.e.d. education. one example they uses six african-american kids in saint martin parish in a public school getting an f letter grade. that means only at best half those kids are on grade level. those six kids got scholarships to go to other schools where parents thought th
education. 90% are minorities. we talk about equal opportunity in america, we are not providing it unless we provide every child the chance to get a great education it is ridiculous for the department of justice to listen to the government unions and teacher unions. this is all politics. it's all ideology. it's not about these kids. >> bill: all right. but i understand that holder believes the attorney general believes that by giving vouchers you throw off racially balance. holder is...
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city college is a staple of education within the city. we don't only want to see city college saved. we want to see city college improved. we want to see city college addressing some of the historic issues of racial inequity, the achievement gap for students of color, especially african-american students, the amount of time that it takes students to graduate when they get into city college. so, we were really would like to see you take leadership in bringing the community together to build more support around saving city college, while most definitely including the fact we need to strive to improve the situations at city college that aren't working for students to make them successful. there's a lot of pressure to have a narrative that doesn't include equity and i want to most definitely make sure that as we continue to speak about this that we talk about equity. we put students at the center of the conversation and really make sure that it's guided by what's going to make sure students get the most out of their education at city college.
city college is a staple of education within the city. we don't only want to see city college saved. we want to see city college improved. we want to see city college addressing some of the historic issues of racial inequity, the achievement gap for students of color, especially african-american students, the amount of time that it takes students to graduate when they get into city college. so, we were really would like to see you take leadership in bringing the community together to build more...
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for more information, visit board of education for tuesday, thank you, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> all right. mr. superintendent i believe that there is an announcement? before we do the approval of the board minutes >> i would like to ask the executive director, scarlotto and a man that only needs a first name introduction. and i am like madonna >> could you come forward and read that. >> good evening, board and superintendent. and i just wanted to read that the tentative agreement between the district and the united administrators of san francisco, pages two through 14 of the august 27th, 2013, agenda is being withdrawn for tonight. >> thank you. >> next we have approval of the board minutes. >> may i hear the motion from the june 25, 2013 and august 13th >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. >> and you got to wait for me to say it first. any corrections? >> seeing none, roll call? >> thank you. >> mr. logan, on august 13th, only >> yes. >> fewer? >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> williams. >> yes. >> and norton? >> yes. >> item b presentations to the board of education
for more information, visit board of education for tuesday, thank you, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> all right. mr. superintendent i believe that there is an announcement? before we do the approval of the board minutes >> i would like to ask the executive director, scarlotto and a man that only needs a first name introduction. and i am like madonna >> could you come forward and read that. >> good evening, board and superintendent. and i just wanted to...